Driscoll on Trials

Mark Driscoll writes on trials in 1 and 2 Peter:

In summary, trials come to all Christians. Trials come without warning. Trials do not necessarily come one at a time, and sometimes it feels like we're at war on every front-for the simple reason that we are. Trials can repeat, which means that just because you've lived through it does not mean that it is over. Trials range in severity and duration from the momentary annoyance to the lifelong anguish.

Still, as Peter will show us, every trial is either from God's hand or through God's hand. Thus, if we embrace trials as opportunities from God, they can and do result in his glory and our good. Furthermore, each trial that we face is a witness to the genuineness of our faith, to reassure us that God has saved us and to reveal to others the difference that salvation makes.

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